Mark Wosgerau

Mark Wosgerau is the founder of Sinners Inc Art Collective – the leading tattoo studio in Denmark. Sinners Inc started in 2010 and currently houses 10 full time artists.

Mark’s realistic, shadow focused art brings an eerie and atmospheric vibe to his tattoos, and Mark is known world wide for his exquisite black and grey pieces that mixes feminine and masculine imagery. Mark has hosted seminars and tattooed in Los Angeles, New York and Oregon.

Mark is also the founder of Tattoo&Art Exhibition – created for artists to connect, celebrate and learn from each other’s work and to take the craft of tattooing to the next level.

Ruben Riksfjord

Tattoo Artist // Mik's Tattoo, Copenhagen

Ruben Riksfjord is a Norwegian tattoo artist working at Mik’s Tattoo in Copenhagen. His work is a dazzling execution of black and grey tattoos that are undeniably masterful in terms of composition, layout and detailing.

The black and grey tattoo style that Ruben specializes in is characterized by high contrast and soft shading. Ruben is one of the most sought after tattoo artists in Denmark and he preferably works on larger pieces with continuing themes.

Chris Valentine

Artist & Illustrator // Johannesburg, South Africa

Chris Valentine is an artist & illustrator from Johannesburg, South Africa. His interest in illustration began at a young age with obsessive sketches of Asterix & Obelix, comic book superheroes and the making of action figures from paper, cardboard and whatever else he could find.

As things currently stand, Chris has had the opportunity to work with many of his dream clients, including Nike, Apple and Coca-Cola. Chris has been nurturing a love for oil painting and street art in his years as an illustrator & is hoping to exhibit more frequently in the near future, as well as travel to paint murals.

Stefan Smit

Stefan is a painter & illustrator born in Johannesburg, South Africa, working with oil paints, spray paint, watercolour, digital paint and just about any other medium he can explore.

He has completed commissions for a variety of different clients including, Standard Bank, Nike, Ray Ban, Lyle and Scott, amongst others.

His versatile style has enabled him to work on a broad spectrum of different projects that range from caricatures, album covers, TV commercials’ story boards, and portraiture, to a selection of eye catching murals for international clients as well as fine art work.

Sean King

Sean King apprenticed under Joshua Carlton and is now the co-owner of Black Brush Tattoo Studio in Eugene, Oregon.

Sean is a tattoo artist who explores drawing and painting in mixed media and even finds time to play the bass in This Patch Of Sky.

Sean will talk about how to achieve photorealistic imagery with charcoal pencils on paper, discussing tools, techniques and best practices. He will also discuss how the human brain perceives imagery and how that translates to drawing.